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Primer (2004)
More mathematicians should make movies
The technobabble may alienate many viewers but there is so much wrapped and packed into this frugally produced enigma of a film to more than satisfy repeat viewings for those who care, and even for those who don't it's okay to not know whats going on because the leads themselves (or some versions of them) don't know what's going on either.
The quality of the acting is so realistic it never feels forced. It's hard to point at the line where any of what happens is impossible and that's what I love about this film. Time travel movies have always infuriated me with their treating of the concept with an emphasis on drama or action over being logically consistent. This movie is the other side of the time travel coin. Not much in the way of action, but as far as I can see (but I still don't really know what happened) logically it holds water.
I wish there were more smart movies out there. Most of what is being mass produced and mass consumed is so brain dead it's depressing.
Primer is a breath of fresh air. Even if half the stuff they mumble is bullshit, at least it's pretty plausible bullshit.